Resources

Poster

Pilot testing of a model to address the family planning needs of factory workers in Egypt

Presented at Arab Public Health Association Conference 2019 Casablanca, Morocco April 2019 Authors: Maryam Essam, Nesrine Salama

Poster

Pharmacists: A missed opportunity for providing family planning services in Egypt

Presented at Arab Public Health Association Conference 2019 Casablanca, Morocco April 2019 Authors: Nesrine Salama, Maryam Essam

Journal Article

Feasibility of patent and proprietary medicine vendor provision of injectable contraceptives: preliminary results from implementation science research in Oyo and Nasarawa, Nigeria

Journal: Contraception Authors: Sara Chace Dwyer, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku, Faizah Okunade, Laura Reichenbach, Aparna Jain Abstract: Background Nigerian policymakers are debating task-shifting injectable contraceptive services to Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors (PPMVs). Methodology One hundred fifty-two PPMVs were trained to provide injectable contraceptives in Oyo and Nasarawa states. Data were collected before and 1, 3 and 9 […]

Journal Article

Married Adolescents and Family Planning in Rural Ethiopia: Understanding Barriers and Opportunities

Journal: African Journal of Reproductive Health Authors: Helen Ketema and Annabel Erulkar Abstract: Large numbers of girls in the developing world are married before age 18, an estimated 100 million girls in the next decade. It is assumed that newly married girls are under pressure to have children early in marriage. However, there is increasing evidence that […]

Brief

Dynamics of reversible contraceptive use in India: Quality of care received and interim results three months after interval IUD, PPIUD, injectable and oral contraceptive pill initiation

These research briefs explore the contraceptive use dynamics among 2,699 married women aged 15-49 in India who began using one of four modern, reversible contraceptive methods: interval intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD), postpartum IUD (PPIUD), injectable contraceptive, or oral contraceptive pill. The women, living in Odisha and Haryana states, were interviewed within one month of starting […]